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Nirav Shah is an epidemiologist, attorney, and public health professional who formerly led the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He most recently served as the principal deputy director at the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is now a visiting professor at Colby College.

At a time of increasing public health risks, America cannot afford chaos at the top of its public health system. And yet that is precisely what we face under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. His failures have set policy back years and leave us less prepared for the ne

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